NaturalChildbirth.org » Blog Archive » Discrimination against Latinos born to midwives soon to have big impact

On June 1st a passport will be needed to cross the Mexico/US border instead of just a birth certificate and driver’s license, an immigration regulation that disproportionately affects Latinos. From the Associated Press:

The citizenship of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people who insist they are Americans is being called into question because they were delivered by midwives near the U.S.-Mexico border. The federal government’s doubts have arisen as many people in the border region try to meet a June 1 deadline to obtain U.S. passports so they can freely cross from one country to the other.

http://latinainstitute.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/discrimination-against-latinos-born-to-midwives-soon-to-have-big-impact/

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